Articles by Alex Baird

  • Lorne ready for smaller Schoolies crowd

    A Lorne caravan park manager is expecting Schoolies revellers to create a buzz around the coastal town, despite numbers reportedly dropping this year.

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  • Planned CFA burns provide protection

    CFA crews were busy during planned burns near Cressy on the weekend “as an extra measure of protection” for the district entering fire season.

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  • New footpath is taking shape

    A new footpath along the Great Ocean Road in Apollo Bay is continuing to take shape with works to create a footbridge now underway.

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  • Special ride for River at the Valley

    Young Colac horse rider River Rothery has her sights on a career in the racing industry after an unforgettable experience on the eve of the Cox Plate.

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  • Key local projects survive review

    Upgrades to two dangerous Colac district intersections and improvements to the Warrnambool rail line are set to go ahead after they survived an independent review into major infrastructure projects Australia-wide.

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  • Flexi-hub option for kinder site

    Turning Apollo Bay’s old kindergarten site into a flexi-hub to benefit the community is one of three options residents endorsed to present to Colac Otway Shire Council in its final bid to save 69 McLachlan Street.

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  • Apollo Bay teenager makes Premier Cricket debut

    Geelong officials say they were eager to give Apollo Bay’s Tamar Holt a taste of Victorian Premier Cricket after the 15-year-old made a surprise debut on the weekend.

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  • Rare ace during round one of championships

    A hole-in-one to Brad Stephens and the return of past winners at the top of the leaderboard has set up for an exciting installment of the 2023 Colac Club Championships after round one.

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